Randall Cobb’s knee injury not expected to end his season

Posted by Josh Alper on October 14, 2013, 7:54 AM EDT

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Tests will be run on the knee that Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb injured in Sunday’s victory over the Ravens, but initial indications are that being carted off the field made things look worse than they actually were.

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the early reports on Cobb’s knee are “good” and that he should be able to return to the Packers this year. Coach Mike McCarthy said he would wait for more tests to make any definitive statements about the injuries, but did say that he was told there was a “reasonable” chance that Cobb would be back.

The same is true of wide receiver James Jones, who left the game with a shin injury. Wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who was one of only two healthy wideouts on the roster when the game came to an end, also said the impression in the locker room was that things could have been worse for both players.

“We’re always worried when someone goes out,” Nelson said, via Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “As far as I know, it’s not possibly as bad as it could have been. So, hopefully that stays the course. We’ll find out more this week and hopefully it’s a quick recovery. We’ll miss them when they’re gone.”

Jarrett Boykin was the other healthy receiver on Sunday, which likely means that the Packers will be adding at least one wideout to the roster this week with Cobb and/or Jones uncertain to play in Week Seven or any other week until more is known about their injuries.

28 responses to “Randall Cobb’s knee injury not expected to end his season”

I hope these guys (and the others) come back from injury soon. They need the repetitions in practice. Their replacements are getting some much-needed first-team experience, Boykin especially. Each week….keep getting stronger, deeper, and closer to the ultimate goal.

Can’t hit them high then this will be the result.
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Good tackling means you keep your head up and drive through the body of the ball carrier. So it is more accurate to say as long as guys can’t hit high and insist on piss poor dangerous technique, they will try to take out a guy’s knee.

But that’s nothing a little coaching and attention to detail wouldn’t fix.

I wonder if the brain-washed Jennings and his big mouth sister would be willing to be traded back to the Packers? He should be ready by now after seeing Noodle Arm Ponder and Matt INT Cassel in action.

Since the Packers only have 4 WRs when healthy anyway Id really like to see Ted Thompson break the mold and trade for a quality WR like a Hakeem Nicks or possibly a Kenny Britt.

Sure I can see them calling up Myles White and possibly resigning a guy like Tyrone Walker but getting another big target like Nicks or Britt for fairly cheap would be the best move for a team that hopes to contend for a SB in the prime years or Rodgers career.

Bad timing. We’ll see who has the bigger regret – Charles Johnson for signing last week with the Browns, or the Packers for letting their most explosive Practice Squad member get away. Timing….timing…..timing!

Why should Elam be fined? It was a legal hit. Unfortunate result. Injuries happen unfortunately and in the new “safer” NFL hitting high is not allowed. So if you target the chest and receiver ducks, its a flag and fine. So the result is you target low. Learn to deal with it in Goodell’s NFL.

Any solid blow to the knee area is incredibly painful. As an OLineman in HS my one moment in the spotlight came when I was on the ground for several minutes after getting hit in the knee. At the time I didn’t think I’d ever walk again, but only missed a week.
Of course Cobb needs to be able to do a lot more than take a dozen steps or so per play. Anyway, glad to hear that the news so far is “not too bad.”